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SIDEBAR: The NYPD Is A Terrible Vision Zero Partner

By Gersh Kuntzman and Steven Vago | Jun 13, 2020 | No Comments

The mayor and Department of Transportation Commissioner Polly Trottenberg often defend the NYPD's record on street safety. But it is a very poor one. Here's a timeline to refresh everyone's memory.

TUESDAY NIGHT: Key Battle in Endless War Against Entitled Drivers and their Free Parking

By Streetsblog | Dec 9, 2019 | No Comments

If you attend just one Community Board 7 Transportation Committee meeting this year, Tuesday night is the one.

This was Wednesday, before Mayor de Blasio disputed our reporting and called us advocates with "one worldview." (He's right: The truth is our worldview). Photo: Ed Reed/Mayoral Photography Office

EDITORIAL: Mayor Has Some Nerve Disputing Streetsblog’s Facts — And Saying Our ‘Worldview’ is Biased

By Streetsblog | Nov 21, 2019 | No Comments

At an otherwise unrelated press conference on Wednesday, Mayor de Blasio dismissed our spate of recent reporting of ineptitude by NYPD officers.

The mayor in his natural habitat: a taxpayer-funded SUV.

Editorial: Bill de Blasio Must Put His Feet Where His Mouth Is on Climate

By Streetsblog | Sep 24, 2019 | 14 Comments

Despite the drastically warming planet (and his own heated rhetoric), Mayor de Blasio refuses to get out of his SUV — even for one day a week!

Riding a cargo bike with kids in Amsterdam. How can we make it convenient and common in NYC? Photo: Clarence Eckerson Jr.

STREETFILMS: How Kids Get to School in a Civilized, Safe Country

By Gersh Kuntzman | Jul 12, 2019 | 11 Comments

But in the United States, our children's lives (and deaths!) are entirely framed by the automobile.

Congratulations, Mayor de Blasio — Now, Resign!

By Streetsblog | May 16, 2019 | 23 Comments

We are concerned that vital work, even on the mayor's once-cherished initiatives such as Vision Zero, will simply be shelved.

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